Trey Gowdy: Obama deceived women

Speaking out against the contraceptive mandate, South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy accused the president of winning the election by misleading women voters.

“The president knows he is not going to win this case. But what he did win was an election. He won election in part by deceiving women and the so-called war on women,” Gowdy said Wednesday on Fox News’s “On the Record.” “He knows he is not going to win this in Supreme Court, but he won in 2012. That was his real objective.”

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The Republican congressman’s comments follow news this week that the Supreme Court will take on two cases reviewing the contraception mandate in Obamacare that requires most employers to provide such coverage in their health insurance plans.

Gowdy, who has been critical of the Affordable Care Act, said the mandate violates religious rights and slammed President Barack Obama for playing politics.

“This is not even a close case. You can’t require people to violate their religious beliefs,” Gowdy said. “This isn’t about the constitution to him it’s about politics.”